Power Electronics Engineer

Elanchezhian P

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Summary

Experienced Power Electronics Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the renewable and environment industry. Skilled in Renewable Energy Power Conversion Systems, Control Systems Design, Reliability testing of Power Converters, Energy Storage, LTspice, PLECS, Matlab, and Optimization. Strong research professional with a Doctor of Philosophy - Ph.D. focused in Power Electronics Converters from Central Power Research Institute(CPRI), Bangalore, India. IET Reviewer Certificate

https://publons.com/researcher/1709416/elanchezhian-ponnusamy/ ResearchGate

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elanchezhian_Ponnusamy Google Scholar

https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=pCi_yZYAAAAJ&hl=en Experience

Technical Lead-Power Electronics (Global R&D)

KK Wind Solutions

Jan 2019 - Present (1 year 7 months +)

PROJECTS-

1. Design and development of integrated energy storage(10kW) for wind system in collaboration with Aalborg University, Denmark

Role: Hardware team member

2.Design, Verification, and development of a Sense-R board for grid-connected inverters. Role: Project Lead

Hands-on experience on :

-New Design and development as per customer requirement

-Verification of design using LTspice/PLECS/Matlab/Mathematical for normal and worst-case failure mode scenarios

-Layout drawing and prototype design and development

-Double pulse test in MOSFET switching behavior

-Deadtime calculation of MOSFET and optimization of Gate resistor

-Thermal model of MOSFET switching using PLECS and MATLAB

-Reliability test and heat sink design

-Sense Resistor design, verification, and testing. Calculation of total system tolerance, temperature coefficient, and gain adjustment.

-SiC Converter project proposal in associate with IIT Delhi under university industry collaboration . Elanchezhian P - page 1

Senior Research Fellow

Central Power Research Institute

Sep 2014 - Jan 2019 (4 years 5 months)

I did my Ph.D. in power electronics converters and also carried out the following testing activities

-Inverters efficiency test as per IEC-61683

-Environmental test as per IEC 60068-2-2 includes Cold test, Dry heat test, Change of temperature Test and Damp heat cycle test.

-EMI/EMC conduction emission test of Microinverter as per EN55022 (Class A).

-LED lumen testing as per LM-79 standard.

-LED driver circuit tests and protection tests as per MNRE standards.

-Battery life cycle test as per MNRE standard.

-Battery Performance test as per MNRE standard.

Teaching Fellow

Anna University Chennai

Jan 2013 - Sep 2014 (1 year 9 months)

Teaching, and Placement Incharge

Education

Central Power Research Institute

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Power Electronics

2014 - 2018

Design and development of high efficient Microinverter for photovoltaic application to mitigate the losses due to partial shading and cell damage problems. User friendly, Scalability, Easy to monitor individual solar panel performance, Single panel fault will not impact/reduce the over all system performance. PUBLISHED :

International Journal

1. P Elanchezhian, V Kumar Chinnaiyan, “Modeling and Simulation of High-Efficiency Interleaved Flyback Micro-inverter For Photovoltaic Applications”Elsevier Journal: Perspectives in Science (ISSN:2213-0209) (available on Science Direct) 2. P Elanchezhian, “So -Switching Boost Converter For Photovoltaic Power-Generation System With PSO Based MPPT “,in IJCAE March-2012, ISSN NO0988-0382E, Vol no 6, issue no 1,Sl.no.19,March-2012.(http://www.ijcae.org/issues.php?month=5&vol=13&iss=35). National Journal

[1]. P Elanchezhian, V Kumar Chinnaiyan, R Sudhir Kumar, “Design of two-stage so - switched module Inverter for Photovoltaic applications”, Journal of CPRI,Vol.11, No.1, pp145-154, March 2015.

[2]. P Elanchezhian, V Kumar Chinnaiyan, R Sudhir Kumar, J Karpagam,“Influence of irradiance, ambient conditions and AC power output on microinverter temperature- overview”, Journal of CPRI,Vol.11,No.2,pp 1-6, June 2015.

[3]. P Elanchezhian, V Kumar Chinnaiyan, R Sudhir Kumar, “Review of three port micro- inverter with power decoupling capability for photovoltaic (PV) systems applications”, Journal of CPRI, Vol.11,No.3,pp.561-570, Sep 2015. Elanchezhian P - page 2

4]. P.Elanchezhian, V.Kumar Chinnaiyan, R.Sudhir Kumar, “Design Of Lcl Filter For Micro Inverter”, Journal of CPRI, Vol.11, No.4, pp 735-740, Dec 2015. 5. P.Elanchezhian, V.Kumar Chinnaiyan, R.Sudhir Kumar” Interleaved Flyback Micro Inverter Based Solar Photovoltaic Power Generation System”, Journal of CPRI, Vol. 12, No. 2, June 2016.

6. P.Elanchezhian, V.Kumar Chinnaiyan, R.Sudhir Kumar” Single-Ended Resonant Inverter for Photovoltaic Applications”, Journal of CPRI, Vol. 12, No. 3, September 2 Anna University

Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Power Electronics and Drives 2010 - 2012

Got qualified in GATE-2012 with 90.37percentile

SRI KRISHNA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

B.E, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

2005 - 2009

Presented Paper in National and international level technical symposium. Licenses & Certifications

L-AUS- Working safety near electrical installation - EN 50 110 Issued Feb 2020 - Expires Feb 2021

Honors & Awards

Scored 90.37 percentile in GATE-2012 examination - lndian lnstitute of Technology Delhi -

( IIT-Delhi)

Mar 2012

Scored 90.37 percentile in GATE-2012 examination.

Skills

Matlab • Electronics • LTSpice • OrCAD • Energy Storage • Power Electronics Design • DC-DC • Plecs • Power Converters • Research and Development (R&D)

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